I love to play music.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.

Sometimes the only way is jumping; hope you’re not afraid of heights.

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

To leave this world a better person, and for me to not be the only one who knows it.

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success

So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing

There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.

A leader does not only discover what people can do better. He teaches, guides and mentor them to do it exceptionally well. When a seed comes into contact with a leader, fruits are produced.

~Don't forget to cheer for yourself, when you reach the finish line~

I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.

There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don't even know how to say, "Hello, how do you do?" because their minds are absorbed with electronic images.

In modern capitalism economic exploitation rather than political oppression is the real enemy of the people.

The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet some amazing people that week.

I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.

The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use?

I love dancing, actually. My mother taught children's dance, ballet, tap, jazz...I'm very flexible.

Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off it. You had to be there. It was quite funny.